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Montevideo, January 25th 2026 - 07:49 UTC

Venezuela

  • Monday, January 13th 2025 - 21:06 UTC

    Venezuela reopens borders with Colombia and Brazil

    The two borders had been closed due to an alleged conspiracy against Maduro

    Venezuela's Bolivarian regime Monday reopened the borders with Colombia and Brazil it had closed ahead of Friday's inauguration of Nicolás Maduro as President for a third consecutive six-year term. The measure had been adopted due to an alleged “international conspiracy” following the controversial July 28, 2024, elections the Opposition Unitarian Democratic Platform (PUD) of retired diplomat Edmundo González Urrutia also claimed to have won.

  • Monday, January 13th 2025 - 06:05 UTC

    Blast reported at Venezuela's consulate in Lisbon

    The premises were empty at the time of the attack - hence no injuries

    An explosive device went off late Saturday at Venezuela's consulate in Lisbon. Nobody was injured because at the time of the attack which local media said consisted of a Molotov cocktail, the offices were closed. “The Portuguese government strongly condemns the attack on the Venezuelan consulate in Lisbon,” Portugal's Foreign Ministry posted on X.

  • Monday, January 13th 2025 - 05:08 UTC

    Former Venezuelan VP Isaías Rodriguez dead at 82

    Isaías Rodríguez was instrumental in thwarting the 2002 coup d'état that removed Hugo Chávez from office for two days

    Isaías Rodríguez, Venezuela's first vice president as per the 1999 Constitution under Bolivarian leader Hugo Chávez, passed away Sunday at the age of 82, President Nicolás Maduro announced in Caracas. Rodríguez also served as Venezuela's Attorney General as well as Ambassador to Italy, and vice president of the Constituent Assembly.

  • Sunday, January 12th 2025 - 03:45 UTC

    Macron and Lula urge Maduro to resume talks with the opposition

    Neither Macron nor Lula have recognized Maduro's electoral win

    Presidents Emmanuel Macron of France and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil were reported Friday to have spoken on the telephone with Veenezuela's Nicolás Maduro to persuade him to resume talks with the opposition after being inaugurated for a third consecutive six-year term following the controversial July 28, 2024, elections.

  • Saturday, January 11th 2025 - 09:59 UTC

    González Urrutia says he is close to returning to Venezuela

    “And to the military and police forces, I order the cessation of repression,” González Urrutia said as if he had officially assumed the presidency

    Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo González Urrutia, for many the legitimate winner of the July 28, 2024, elections even after Nicolás Maduro's inauguration for a new six-year term, said he was “close” to return to the country and called on the Armed Forces to “disregard illegal orders” from the Bolivarian de facto regime.

  • Friday, January 10th 2025 - 22:50 UTC

    Machado says Maduro committed a coup d'état

    “Maduro violated the Constitution flanked by the dictators of Cuba and Nicaragua,” Machado underlined in a video posted on social networks

    Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado said Nicolás Maduro carried out a coup d'état by swearing in as President on Friday instead of Edmundo González Urrrutia who failed to return to Caracas for the occasion as he had promised.

  • Friday, January 10th 2025 - 20:05 UTC

    UK imposes sanctions on Bolivarian regime officials

    Maduro's regime does not represent the will of the Venezuelan people, Lammy explained

    The British Government Friday slapped additional sanctions on 15 members of Nicolás Maduro's regime in a move to encourage Venezuelan officials to respect democratic principles, to comply with international human rights law, and to respect human rights, the Foreign Office announced. London also denounced the Bolivarian leader's illegitimate claim to the presidency following the “fraudulent” July 28, 2024, elections.

  • Friday, January 10th 2025 - 16:50 UTC

    Venezuela: Maduro sworn in for presidential term “of peace”

    “I swear that this new presidential term will be the term of peace,” Maduro stressed

    Nicolás Maduro was sworn in Friday for the 2025-2031 term after being declared the winner of the controversial July 28, 2024, elections. During a ceremony at the Elliptical Hall of the Federal Legislative Palace, Maduro took his oath upon a copy of the Venezuelan Constitution signed by the late Bolivarian leader Hugo Chávez.

  • Friday, January 10th 2025 - 10:32 UTC

    Uruguay advises against traveling to Venezuela

    Montevideo insisted that this was just a recommendation and that travelers may go anywhere at their own risk

    Uruguay's Foreign Ministry issued a statement this week advising against traveling to Venezuela, where “arbitrary detentions and kidnappings” by authorities and paramilitary groups are known to have been occurring. There is even a Uruguayan national among those missing, Montevideo insisted.

  • Thursday, January 9th 2025 - 23:59 UTC

    María Corina Machado leads demonstrations in Caracas that end in confusing arrest claims

    State forces allegedly shot at Machado's bodyguards

    Venezuelan opposition leader, María Corina Machado, was intercepted and detained this Thursday in Caracas in the middle of a demonstration called by the opposition on the eve of the inauguration for the 2025-2031 term of Nicolás Maduro, even though there is no evidence to support his victory in the July 28 Presidential elections. However, the situation surrounding Machado remains unclear after the circulation of different versions that ratify her freedom after the violent episode.